Artist Statement
Terrible beauty inspires me. I see it in nature’s cycles of bloom and decay. Birth, death, and all the pathways between are fascinating concepts to explore visually. I use the art of calaveras, geometry, flowers and nature to help me explore the feelings that thoughts of life and death evoke. Using imagery from myths and folk art I seek to explore connections, journeys, love, grief, and solace.
My work varies in medium. Paintings are made in graphite, ink, watercolor, and copper foil. Digital pieces start as graphite and watercolor, then through scanning and layering textures I finish them in Illustrator and Photoshop. My sculptures are mixed media including clay, resin, porcelain, fake and real flowers as well as found materials.
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Artist Resume
Synopsis
Krisztianna is an award winning multi-disciplinary artist based out of Ventura County, California. Her illustrations are in colored pencil or are digital. Her paintings are in watercolor and copper foil or finished digitally in Photoshop and Illustrator. Her sculptures vary from clay, to mixed media, to porcelain and resin. She combines all these skills together along with photography, design, and video to create her NFTs.
Education
2004 • BFA in Communication Arts from Otis College Of Art And Design, Los Angeles, California
Group Exhibitions
2022 • 311 Gallery: Spring To Life, Raleigh, North Carolina
2022 • Red Bluff Gallery: Open Call, Red Bluff, California
2022 • Red Bluff Gallery: Flora And Fauna, Red Bluff, California
2020 • 11:11 ACC Exhibit: Entrelazadas, Pasadena, California
2019 • Hollywood Forever Exhibit: Día De Los Muertos, Hollywood, California
2014 • Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
2014 • Peoria Art Guild Día De Los Muertos, Peoria, Illinois
2014 • 11:11 ACC Exhibit: F/Light, Tarzana, California
2014 • Brick Lane Gallery, The Annexe, London, England
2014 • Hollywood Forever Exhibit: Día De Los Muertos, Hollywood, California
2013 • Cella Gallery, North Hollywood, California
2013 • 11:11 ACC Exhibit: Refuse To Destroy, Hollywood, California
2013 • Hollywood Forever Exhibit: Día De Los Muertos, Hollywood, California
Public Spaces / Commercial Exhibitions
2016 • Flowers By Azalea, Oceanside, California
2015 • Flowers By Azalea, Oceanside, California
Solo Exhibitions
2014 • 8 Ball Gallery Burbank, California
2013 • 8 Ball Gallery Burbank, California
Published
2015 • Skullture, Gingko Press, Hardcover
2015 • Visions Libres, Art-Life Feature
2015 • Citizen Brooklyn, Death By Beauty
Awards
2022 • Red Bluff Art Gallery - April Open Show - Finalist
2022 • Red Bluff Art Gallery - Flora And Fauna - 1st Place
2014 • Peoria Art Guild November Show - 1st Place